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Mediterranean diet reduces heart disease, study finds

February 24th, 2013 No comments

Consumers have, for years, been urged to eat a Mediterranean diet, which eschews red meats and processed food in favor of fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts, olive oil, and wine, but the advice lacked a rigorous study to prove it prevented heart disease. Now there is one. A Mediterranean diet …

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CDC app lets you solve disease outbreaks at home

February 20th, 2013 Comments off

ATLANTA (AP) — You may not be a disease detective, but now you can play one at home. The nation’s public health agency has released a free app for the iPad called “Solve the Outbreak.” It allows users to run through fictional outbreaks and make decisions: Do you quarantine the village? Talk to …

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Doctor details how to keep your heart healthy

February 3rd, 2013 Comments off

February is American Heart Month to bring awareness to heart disease, which is the number one killer of women in the U.S. And the older a women gets, the more likely she is to develop heart disease. Worldwide, 8.6 million women die from heart disease each year, according to the Heart Foundation …

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World AIDS Day highlights challenges of facing the disease

December 1st, 2012 Comments off

In March 2002, after hearing rumors that her partner was infected with HIV, Nancy Santiago got tested. When the results came back, her doctor gave her a hug and a referral to care. “Ten years later, I’m still here” – she didn’t even need antiretrovirals until four years ago – “and I have a lot to do …

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Study: signs of aging could indicate higher risk of heart disease

November 7th, 2012 Comments off

DENMARK — Graying or thinning hair, wrinkles, puffier eyes…all of these signs of aging could also signal heart attack risk. Researchers in Denmark analyzed data from a large study on heart disease, looking for a link between visible signs of aging and an aging heart. People who had at least 3 or …

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Cancer surpasses heart disease as Hispanics’ leading cause of death

September 19th, 2012 Comments off

(AP) NEW YORK – Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer among Hispanics in the U.S., and the rest of the country may be only a few years behind. The change is not exactly cause for alarm. Death rates for both cancer and heart disease have been dropping for Hispanics and everyone else …

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